Monday 29th August 2022-. The Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM - Metropolitan Transport Authority) approved the cut in the main integrated public transport fares for passes purchased from 1st September to 31st December 2022.

Following the Spanish government's Royal Decree-Law 11/2002 of 25th June 2022 and the Ministerial Order of 15th July subsidising a 30% cut in passes and multi-journey tickets on urban and interurban transport, the administrations making up the ATM consortium decided to implement the measure and add a further 20% cut in the price of the most regularly used integrated passes: monthly passes (T-usual)and quarterly ones for young people under 25 years old (T-jove), as well as the version of these for one-parent and large families, and the unemployed people's pass. The extra discount will not however apply to the pass for less regular users (T-casual), which will benefit from a 30% discount.

For integrated passes and tickets valid on TMB metro and bus services, FGC and Rodalies de Catalunya train services, TRAM and metropolitan, interurban and local bus services, the cost of the three main integrated passes valid from 1st September to 31st December 2022 will be the following:

There is also a 50% reduction on reduced-price passes for one-parent and large families (FM/FN range), and on the unemployed people's pass and the Berguedà and Ripollès passes. Moreover, there is a 30% reduction in the price of the T-casual Airport Workers’ pass.

The fare cut applies both to passes in the traditional format with a magnetic strip and to the Tmobilitat contactless technology format.

Passes with no change in price

Integrated passes that remain valid but do not change in price are: T-familiar, T-grup and T-dia.

Metropolitan and interurban operators' own tickets (single ticket and operators' own multijourney cards will also keep the prices valid for 2022.

Rodalies de Catalunya

An exception is Renfe, the operator of the Rodalies de Catalunya train services. The Resolution of 12th August 2022 by the Secretary of State for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda sets the conditions of sale and use on Rodalies (local) services (implementing Royal Decree-Law 14/2022), with a temporary 100% reduction in this operator's fares for regular users of these services (16 or more journeys during the period from September to December). 

The rules can be consulted at https://rodalies.gencat.cat/ca/detalls/article/Abonament-Gratuit

AMB T4 reduced-fare metropolitan pink card and FGC pensioner's card

AMB has reduced by 50% the price of the T4 reduced-fare metropolitan pink card, a 10- journey social pass which instead of the current price of 4 euros will cost 2 euros for this period. Moreover, Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya applies the same reduction in the price of its pensioner's card.

New expiry and exchange conditions

In order to allow the two rates to exist in the same year, the expiry date of 2022 passes must change. In this respect, it has been decided that all passes purchased in 2022 will be valid only until 15th January 2023, except the T-16 card and the T-verda card, which have their own expiry dates.

Passes purchased in 2022 which have not begun to be used (whether bought at the January or September 2022 rates) may be exchanged for passes in the same category for 2023 until 31st March 2023. The difference in price must be paid, or where there is no different between the purchase price of the pass and the new price or this difference is negative, they may be exchanged free of charge at the main transport operators' client care centres.

Points of sale

Integrated public transport passes must be purchased through the usual channels and points of sale. Especially during the first days of application of the fare cuts, users are recommended to avoid peak times for purchasing their passes, or else to go to the vending machines in plenty of time, as queues may form.

For users in possession of passes that they have already used:

- In the case of monthly or quarterly passes, these must be used up, because if not the journeys on them would be lost as time goes by.

- In the case of a 10-journey T-casual, users are also recommended to use up the remaining journeys, as from 15th January 2023 integrated passes from 2022 can no longer be used for any journeys (whether they were purchased at a discount or not)

For users in possession of unused passes:

These users are recommended to take advantage of the fare reductions and keep the unused pass. As explained above, from 1st January 2023 to 31st March 2023, unused passes can be exchanged for equivalent 2023 passes, where appropriate paying the applicable difference in price.

Information and assistance

Information can be consulted in the specific section of the website on the new fares.

The telephone number 900 928 900 for the Assistance and Information Centre is operational from 7.00am to 11.00pm every day of the year.

This reduction in fares is in application of RDL 11/2022 of 25th June 2022 and financed by the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda and the authorities in the ATM consortium: the Catalan government, Barcelona city council and Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)

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